Q1: What is the American Dream? Q2: Is Progress always positive? Q3: Is inequality justified in a capitalist system? Q4: What is the appropriate role of government in our lives?
*How can people make changes to areas of society they see as unjust?*Is life survival of the fittest? Should it be?
Guided Reading - Progressives
*Industrialization and urbanization have positive and negative consequences. *Progressives work to address society’s inequalities. *Social Darwinists see life as a series of competitions in which the fittest survive.
Read, Mark up and comment on one of the passages from the text of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Then tell your partner about the text of what you read. Together you will complete the APPARTS Chart for
Upton Sinclair's novel as to what his purpose was for writing this work. *Please be advised that this is a fictional work*
Resolution to Upton Sinclair's Work!
Meat Inspection Act - 1906 - Inspection of meats crossing through different states by the gov't agency - USDA - (US Dept of Agriculture)
Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 Regulated the production/potential sale of food & medicines that might contain harmful ingredients
Urban Living Conditions
Deplorable living conditions could found easily in any urban area. Simply put, growth in American industry attracted people looking for work in factories and therefore they had to live nearby in densely populated tenements houses. What is a tenement you ask?? - multilevel apartment houses that did not have to have running water, gas, or electricity. A NYC social worker(a new profession!) reported that 1,231 people were living in just 120 rooms. Another worker reported not being able to locate a single bathtub in over 3 city blocks of tenements! Instead, some resident used common hall sinks located in some buildings. Of course disagreements broke out between people "Each would accuse the other of filling the sink with matter that belonged in the garbage barrel,and cleaning the sink was certainly dirty work"
Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant to the United States, used his camera lens to document living conditions in urban areas. In 1890, he published How the Other Half Lives which showed the unsanitary living conditions in the slums of New York City. His photos caused public outrage and pushed city governments to force landlords to improve living conditions. These living conditions were not limited to NYC
Progressive focused on three ares of reform: easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the state and local levels. Take notes identifying the various problems that the Progressives targeted and record the effects of the work of the Progressives. using the graphic organizer Progressive -Guided Reading The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a time period around the turn of the 20th Century in which people began to see the problems in their society and decided that things needed to be done to change those problems. Through work of the muckrakers, the many ills of society were exposed to the larger public in hope that change would be made. In many cases great change was accomplished.
16th Amendment- Congress has the power to tax the people based on their personal wealth to use the $$ for gov't programs- INCOME TAX - 1913
Federal Reserve Act- created a banking system from which the Federal Gov't and other smaller could borrow $$ to prevent financial panic. Still in existence today
19th Amendment - Gave women of the United States the right to vote in 1920
Meat Inspection Act - 1906 - Inspection of meats crossing through different states by the gov't agency - USDA - (US Dept of Agriculture)
Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 Regulated the production/potential sale of food & medicines that might contain harmful ingredients
Sherman Antitrust Act - 1890 - Law that made monopolies illegal
Clayton Antitrust Act- 1914 - President Wilson's extension of Sherman Antitrust Act - illegal for companies to buy stock in another company in the same industry - which would create a monopoly - supported for the 1st time peaceful protests
Tenement Act of 1901 - Notably improvements to urban housing in such cities as New York, Boston, Cleveland etc - Be sure to look for the year 1901
Also look for more info on this Tenement Museum Site
Progressive Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Sherman/Clayton Antitrust Act Progressive Matching Activity - See What you Know -I think that you should know what is highlighted, but try the rest for a challenge!
Teddy Roosevelt was the governor of New York in 1898 & believed in many Progressive reforms. He rose to power in the Republican Party as the running mate of President William McKinley and was elected to be Vice-President of the United States, This got him out of the hair of the corrupt political machines of New York, but no one bargained on him becoming president! In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated promoting 42 year old Teddy to the presidency.
Teddy Roosevelt
No Molly-Coddling Here Credit: The Granger Collection, New York
Teddy Roosevelt is remembered for championing many Progressive causes. Read/examine Teddy's work with Progressive issues and complete the following work & post it to your progressive wiki page
1).Read about TR's presidency and take notes - You can use the word document or create your own table on your wiki page
2). Image Detective: Choose one of the TR cartoons that shows his work with progressive issues & become the image detective: this is not an I See/It Means - similar but less steps - See below
Pose questions,
Make observations
Draw a conclusionIf you want to find a different cartoon ...Be careful it must concern progressives)
2).Choose 1 of TR's famous quotes, copy & paste them onto your wiki - briefly discuss what this quote is talking about relates to a progressive issue
1)American women both black and white are striving for the same reforms. Describe in paragraph form why it was harder for African American women to make lasting reforms - be sure to explain the differences in segregation - see turn of the 20th century page to help or if using another source please cite the URL.
White American Women
Reform Issues
African American Women
Reform Issues
ending poverty
same
promoting child welfare
same
Prohibition
same
right to vote
same
Jim Crow Laws - Segregation
De Jure Segregation
De Facto Segregation
2).What is Prohibition?? (also known as Temperance Movement)
"I Cannot Tell a Lie. I Did It with My Little Hatchet."Carrie Nation
Copy the pictures and watch the video. In a paragraph under the heading Prohibition, describe the Temperance Movement & the actions of Carrie Nation. What was the countries resolution to the problem?
Essential Questions
Q1: What is the American Dream?
Q2: Is Progress always positive?
Q3: Is inequality justified in a capitalist system?
Q4: What is the appropriate role of government in our lives?
*How can people make changes to areas of society they see as unjust?*Is life survival of the fittest? Should it be?
Guided Reading - Progressives
Students will understand....
*Industrialization and urbanization have positive and negative consequences.*Progressives work to address society’s inequalities.
*Social Darwinists see life as a series of competitions in which the fittest survive.
Ch 16 What did the Progressives stand for?
Overview of the Progressive Era - Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow WilsonMuckraker - Organizer of Muckraking -Social Issues
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle
New Muckraker Handout - Comparing Sources
2nd Jungle Paragraph
Read, Mark up and comment on one of the passages from the text of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Then tell your partner about the text of what you read. Together you will complete the APPARTS Chart for
Upton Sinclair's novel as to what his purpose was for writing this work.
*Please be advised that this is a fictional work*
Resolution to Upton Sinclair's Work!
Urban Living Conditions
Deplorable living conditions could found easily in any urban area. Simply put, growth in American industry attracted people looking for work in factories and therefore they had to live nearby in densely populated tenements houses. What is a tenement you ask?? - multilevel apartment houses that did not have to have running water, gas, or electricity. A NYC social worker(a new profession!) reported that 1,231 people were living in just 120 rooms. Another worker reported not being able to locate a single bathtub in over 3 city blocks of tenements! Instead, some resident used common hall sinks located in some buildings. Of course disagreements broke out between people "Each would accuse the other of filling the sink with matter that belonged in the garbage barrel,and cleaning the sink was certainly dirty work"
Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant to the United States, used his camera lens to document living conditions in urban areas. In 1890, he published How the Other Half Lives which showed the unsanitary living conditions in the slums of New York City. His photos caused public outrage and pushed city governments to force landlords to improve living conditions. These living conditions were not limited to NYC
The Living City Exhibit
Reading - NY Tenement Act
http://youtu.be/EACoIbokOcc
Jacob Riis - New Technology
Overview of Progressive video
Progressive focused on three ares of reform: easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the state and local levels. Take notes identifying the various problems that the Progressives targeted and record the effects of the work of the Progressives. using the graphic organizer
Progressive -Guided Reading
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a time period around the turn of the 20th Century in which people began to see the problems in their society and decided that things needed to be done to change those problems. Through work of the muckrakers, the many ills of society were exposed to the larger public in hope that change would be made. In many cases great change was accomplished.
Directions: For this assignment you will focus on one of the problem areas that were addressed by the Progressives
Resources & Other Progressive Areas of Reform
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
survivors of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire- Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, Thomas Nast, Lillian Wald, Ida Wells Barnett, Jane Addams, W.E.B. Du Bois see also the Niagara Movement a conference attended by those who sought change for African Americans, Sigmund Livingston, Florence Kelley, Ray Stannard Baker
- http://www.somers.k12.ct.us/~pgoduti/resources.html - great resource!!
- Child Labor - Project + Pictures
- 16th Amendment- Congress has the power to tax the people based on their personal wealth to use the $$ for gov't programs- INCOME TAX - 1913
- Federal Reserve Act- created a banking system from which the Federal Gov't and other smaller could borrow $$ to prevent financial panic. Still in existence today
- 19th Amendment - Gave women of the United States the right to vote in 1920
- Meat Inspection Act - 1906 - Inspection of meats crossing through different states by the gov't agency - USDA - (US Dept of Agriculture)
- Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 Regulated the production/potential sale of food & medicines that might contain harmful ingredients
- Sherman Antitrust Act - 1890 - Law that made monopolies illegal
- Clayton Antitrust Act- 1914 - President Wilson's extension of Sherman Antitrust Act - illegal for companies to buy stock in another company in the same industry - which would create a monopoly - supported for the 1st time peaceful protests
- Tenement Act of 1901 - Notably improvements to urban housing in such cities as New York, Boston, Cleveland etc - Be sure to look for the year 1901
- Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Sherman/Clayton Antitrust ActMuckrakers/Progressive Reformers
Legislation
Also look for more info on this Tenement Museum Site
Progressive Presidents
Progressive Matching Activity - See What you Know -I think that you should know what is highlighted, but try the rest for a challenge!
Check your work
Save your work into your wiki page- Progressives
Teddy Roosevelt's Presidency
Teddy Roosevelt was the governor of New York in 1898 & believed in many Progressive reforms. He rose to power in the Republican Party as the running mate of President William McKinley and was elected to be Vice-President of the United States, This got him out of the hair of the corrupt political machines of New York, but no one bargained on him becoming president! In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated promoting 42 year old Teddy to the presidency."No Mollycoddling Here"
Teddy Roosevelt is remembered for championing many Progressive causes. Read/examine Teddy's work with Progressive issues and complete the following work & post it to your progressive wiki page
1).Read about TR's presidency and take notes - You can use the word document or create your own table on your wiki page
2). Image Detective: Choose one of the TR cartoons that shows his work with progressive issues & become the image detective: this is not an I See/It Means - similar but less steps - See below
- Pose questions,
- Make observations
- Draw a conclusionIf you want to find a different cartoon ...Be careful it must concern progressives)
2).Choose 1 of TR's famous quotes, copy & paste them onto your wiki - briefly discuss what this quote is talking about relates to a progressive issueTeddy Roosevelt Quotations
TR Cartoon library
Sherman Antitrust Act
Women's Reform Issues
1)American women both black and white are striving for the same reforms. Describe in paragraph form why it was harder for African American women to make lasting reforms - be sure to explain the differences in segregation - see turn of the 20th century page to help or if using another source please cite the URL.
White American Women
Reform Issues
African American Women
Reform Issues
Jim Crow Laws - Segregation
De Jure Segregation
De Facto Segregation
2).What is Prohibition?? (also known as Temperance Movement)
Tenement Housing
Progressive Reform Notes Anthem
List of Progressive films